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List out the diseases based on their mode of transmission (water borne, air borne, and sexual contact)

i) cholera ii) typhoid


iii) tuberculosis iv) leprosy v) syphilis


vi) gonorrhoea vii) pneumonia


viii) common cold ix) amoebic dysentery x) AIDS


i) Cholera. It is an airborne disease spread through droplet discharged from the infected person during talking, laughing and sneezing


ii) Typhoid is a waterborne disease and it spread through food and water contaminated with the germ.


iii) Tuberculosis it is airborne, a large number of bacteria are expelled through the sputum of the patients while eating, sneezing, talking, laughing and so on.


iv) Leprosy spreads person to person by nasal secretions or droplets.


v) Syphilis spreads through sexual contact from infected person.


vi) Gonorrhoea spreads through sexual contact from infected person.


vii) Pneumonia is an airborne disease spread through droplet discharged from the infected person during talking, laughing and sneezing


viii) Common cold is an airborne and spread through droplet discharged from the infected person during talking, laughing and sneezing.


ix) Amoebic dysentery is a water-borne and food-borne disease. Houseflies act as mechanical carriers.


x) AIDS spreads through sexual contact from infected person.


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